The Chancellor Philip Hammond sets out plans to ban agent fees

This is good news for tenants! My Patch Lettings has worked hard to simplify fees to both tenants and landlords. This article talks about the potential effects of this news. We believe fees should be absorbed by landlords! Read more

Criminal Offence for ignoring Right to Rent scheme

1st of December 2016 sees the introduction of measures to make it a criminal offence for failing to carry out Right-to-Rent checks properly. The government announced last week that it will trigger the new measures under the Immigration act 2016. Read more​

New tax laws will hit landlords hard. Join the fight

As part of the 2015 Summer budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that from 2017, there’s going to be an increase in tax for private buy-to-let landlords. Read more

More HMO housing in Bath?

Applicants are seeking to convert their existing Bath homes into HMOs which creates more living opportunities for professionals not on the housing market and students. Read more

Not all letting agencies have a bad name

Sharon Hunter, of Carter Jonas’ Bath office, has won a prestigious ESTAS People Award 2016, for the second time, at the annual awards ceremony held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. Read more

Holiday lets in Bath require more regulation

There is another area of housing concern – that of holiday lets – where the council allows a free-for-all with no policy or regulation of any kind. Read more